Have you ever read one of those books that you just couldn't put down? One that you found so many different activities to can accompany it that you just can't stop planning? Books like that are so hard to find sometimes. A great plot, characters that you can really connect with and get to know, and thrilling elements that just suck you in and keep you thoroughly engaged. Books like that are often very difficult to find. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly takes you on … [Read more...]
Baseball Cards: Literature Unit Project
When doing a Literature Unit or Literature Circles, it's always fun to incorporate novel based projects for students to do to enhance their understanding of the novel. Baseball Cards are a great way to work on characterization and/or have your child or students discuss main characters from the story. You can even take it a step further and research historical figures mentioned in the novel for this project. Baseball Cards are a close second all-time favorite project to add in to any … [Read more...]
Stella By Starlight: Complete Unit of Study
Welcome back to Live Love Learn Gracefully and another Literature Unit. This is a complete unit of study for Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper. This unit is packed full of ideas that will expose your kids to pieces of U.S. History, Grammar, projects, Literature, and more. Stella by Starlight Stella by Starlight is an amazing story of family, community, faith, and bravery. The main character, Stella, is a young girl growing up in a segregated South in the 1930's. She sees first hand … [Read more...]
Literature Unit Project: Character Suitcase
In addition to writing Literature Units, like Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park, I will also be focusing on a specific project each month. These projects can easily be done with almost any novel. Projects like the Character Suitcase, which we are talking about today, will only enhance your students' or childs' understanding of the novel and allow them to show their understanding in a creative way. Character Suitcase Character suitcases are an awesome project that you can do with just about … [Read more...]
Literature Units: 8 Subjects to Include in a Unit of Study
I've written Literature Units here at Live Love Learn Gracefully for about two months now and am totally loving every minute. But I wanted to take a second to explain why I'm writing these units and how to use them. I'm sure many of you are thinking, this crazy woman has all preschoolers, why is she writing Literature Units for older kids? And that would be a good questions. Which is what I hope to answer today, that and so much more. Why Literature Units? Literature units … [Read more...]
